Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Im Advent
Weihnachten

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
In dulci jubilo

Jan-Äke Hillerud (1938-)
Veni, Emmanuel

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Es kommt ein schiff, geladen

Sebastian Knappe (1989-)
Kommet, ihr Hirten
Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
Die Hirten
Die Könige (arr. C. Gottwald)

Gottfried Wolters (1910-1989)
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Ein Kind ist uns geboren

David Willcocks (1919-2015)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Hugh Martin (1914-2011)/Ralph Blane (1914-1995)
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. P. Gritton)

James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893)
Jingle Bells (arr. B. Parry)

Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
White Christmas (arr. J. Davis)

Voktett Hannover

Like twinkling starlight, the joyful tidings of Christmas run through centuries of music – from Bethlehem's night sky to the present day. In their new album "Tidings of Joy", the eight singers of the Voktett Hannover present a selection of Christmas music in sophisticated a cappella settings. The recording contains works by well-known composers such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Gottfried Wolters, Hugo Distler, Heinrich Schütz, Michael Praetorius, Max Reger and Peter Cornelius, arranged by Clytus Gottwald (*1925). Contemporary settings and equally familiar melodies come from Sebastian Knappe (*1989), David Willcocks (1919-2015), James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) and Irving Berlin (1888-1989), among others, in the arrangement by Jeremy Davies.